  {"id":199148,"date":"2017-01-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=199148"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:43:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:43:57","slug":"auto-insert-199148","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-199148\/","title":{"rendered":"UNDP Statement on Waheed Al Bursh Case &#8211; UNDP Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27611%27%20height%3D%27123%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20611%20123%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27611%27%20height%3D%27123%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/cd14a5fcc844ccff8525809f004fd9e0_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"123px\" width=\"611px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UNDP statement, attributable to a UNDP Spokesperson on Waheed Al Bursh Case<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Jan 4, 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNDP has noted the court&#8217;s finding that Mr. Al Bursh has been sentenced for providing services to an illegal entity, without intent to cause harm. The court indicates that Mr. Al Bursh will be released on 12 January 2017.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">This outcome confirms that there was no wrongdoing by UNDP.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNDP has zero tolerance for wrongdoing in its programmes and is committed to the highest standards of transparency and accountability.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNDP will continue to ensure that any misconduct is immediately brought to light and addressed appropriately.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;**** END ****<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<i>UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground in some 170 countries and territories, we offer global perspective and local insight to help empower lives and build resilient nations.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Contact information<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>Dania Darwish<\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>, Communications Specialist, Tel. +972-2-6268229 &#8211; e-mail: dania.darwish@undp.org. For more information on UNDP\/PAPP see <\/i><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ps.undp.org\/\" style=\"color:#0060a0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>http:\/\/www.ps.undp.org<\/i><\/a><span style=\"color:#2f2f2f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:6px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ps.undp.org\/content\/papp\/en\/home\/presscenter\/pressreleases\/2017\/01\/04\/undp-statement-attributable-to-a-undp-spokesperson-on-waheed-al-bursh-case.html\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:6px;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">http:\/\/www.ps.undp.org\/content\/papp\/en\/home\/presscenter\/pressreleases\/2017\/01\/04\/undp-statement-attributable-to-a-undp-spokesperson-on-waheed-al-bursh-case.html<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNDP statement, attributable to a UNDP Spokesperson on Waheed Al Bursh Case Jan 4, 2017 UNDP has noted the court&#8217;s finding that Mr. Al Bursh has been sentenced for providing services to an illegal entity, without intent to cause harm. 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